Welcome to the TYCA National Poetry Month Celebration

A new poem will be added to this page each day of April to celebrate National Poetry Month. We hope you come back each day to enjoy the poems we post, all original works by community and two-year college English faculty. If you are a poet, we hope you will consider submitting your work for consideration. While we hope to publish at least four poems from each of the TYCA regions, we will be accepting submissions until further notice from all regions. Thanks for visiting. --Bradley Bleck TYCA Webtender

April 23

Laurie Kuribayashi of Leeward Community College in Pearl City, HI in TYCA's West region reads her poem "Freeway Poem."

April 22

Karen Mason of Illinois Central College in East Peoria, IL in TYCA's Midwest region reads her poem "Mommy in Media Res."

April 21

David Starkey of Santa Barbara City College in Santa Barbara, CA in TYCA's Pacific Coast region reads his poem "Poetry Month."

April 20

Chad McCully of Western Nevada College in Carson City, NV in TYCA's West region reads his poem, "A Horse in the Afternoon."

April 19

Luivette Resto of Citrus College in Glendora, CA in TYCA's Pacific Coast region reads her poem "No More Tacos in Gwinnett County."

April 18

Marguerite Rivas of Borough of Manhattan Community College CUNY in New York, NY in TYCA's Northeast region reads her poem "Witness."

April 17

James Tolan of Borough of Manhattan Community College CUNY in New York, NY in TYCA's Northeast region reads his poem "The Wind in Time."

April 16

Laura Hammons of Hinds Community College in Raymond, MS in TYCA's Southeast region reads her poem "Gimme."